FYI@Librarian: Colleges hold the key to improving quality in higher education

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Colleges hold the key to improving quality in higher education

Colleges hold the key to improving quality in higher education

Ubiquitously, improving the overall quality of higher education shall remain a distant dream unless the initiatives and measures in this regard pay focussed attention on colleges.

· The first is the problem of single-discipline colleges which constitute over a third of the total number of colleges in the country.

· Secondly, the collegiate system of higher education in the country is characterised by a very large number of small-sized institutions.

· Thirdly, the student-teacher ratio in the colleges at over 30 is way too high. Technological advancements in teaching-learning notwithstanding, teachers play a critical role in imparting quality higher education.

· Finally, the number of colleges in the country have been rising too rapidly.